The Path of Survivor Begins With Obtaining Titles

 

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Therefore, the only solution was to wait, to wait until the Demon Tribe located the general whereabouts of the Human Cultivators. Then he could go to the rescue, or rather, to wait until the time of Crossing Ascension and the elimination of the Otherworldly Aura, to see if he could sense any information.

Next, Lin Yi headed to the Demon Saint Palace, entered the Cave Mansion of the Golden Peng Clan’s Monster Ancestor, and began to seek instruction and learn. After spending several months there, he proceeded to the Rat Tribe and the Wolf Clan, continuously rotating among them.

After a few years had passed, he found a suitable opportunity to explain his situation to the Golden Peng Clan’s Monster Ancestor, mentioning that he had heard of Ascenders from the Lower Realm swept into the Demon Tribe by spatial turbulence. Therefore, he expressed a strong desire to communicate with these Ascenders from the Lower Realm, asking the Monster Ancestor for assistance in locating them.

The Monster Ancestor of the Golden Peng Clan pondered for a moment before stating that the matter of Lower Realm Ascenders was now the responsibility of the Fox Clan, including the Ascenders’ Spiritual Pets, most of whom were handed over to the Fox Clan as these creatures were adept at schemes and their methods of finding people were also extremely clever.

However, those inadvertent Ascenders from the Human race who had come to the Demon Tribe were very skilled at concealing their traces, so the Fox Clan had not yet caught any. Nonetheless, he said he would have his people keep an eye out and immediately notify him upon discovery.

Lin Yi expressed his gratitude with cupped hands. As the study and exchange deepened, he displayed some different capabilities that fully convinced these Monster Ancestors of his identity as a Jiao Dragon descended from the Immortal Realm. Now, discussing these Human Cultivators wouldn’t raise the slightest suspicion.

With the assistance of the Golden Peng Clan’s Monster Ancestor, as long as the Fox Clan discovered the traces of those Human Ascenders, he would immediately know and could rush to their rescue. As for the possibility of offending the Fox Clan, it didn’t matter since he had already offended them once.

The Golden Peng Clan’s Monster Ancestor likely also delighted in seeing conflicts arise between himself and other Demon Tribes because this would force him to rely on the Golden Peng Clan.

Moreover, over these years, he had been continuously plucking the ‘wool’ from these Monster Ancestors, with his learning titles upgrading from ‘Top Student’ to ‘Academic Genius,’ allowing him to pluck ever more ‘wool.’

Now, the three types of energy within his body had restored to the Refining Void Realm, and he could wield the formidable power of the late Body Fusion stage.

Under the title of ‘Academic Genius,’ he kept plucking ‘wool’ from these few Monster Ancestors, and he estimated that it wouldn’t take a millennium for him to reach the Body Fusion Realm.

While plucking ‘wool’ frequently in the early stage, he couldn’t continue to seek instruction at such high frequency later on. Only by cultivating on his own while learning from the Monster Ancestors could he ensure nothing went wrong.

Time again gradually passed, more than seventy years. It had now been a hundred years since Lin Yi reached the Refining Void Realm. Initially, in his true form, he had spent twenty years in the Spirit Demon-Slaying City, waiting for the right moment to appear under the identity of the Demon Tribe.

However, after he assumed the identity of the Demon Tribe, his true form’s Otherworldly Aura was also shielded, rendering the Heavenly Secrets unable to sense him, thus preventing the fifty-year cycle of Ascension Tribulation from happening. The same was true for Zhi Ling, who had transformed into the descendant of the Vermilion Bird.

If he had not switched his identity to the Demon Tribe and appeared in his true form, he would have to undergo the Tribulation in another thirty years.

While among the Demon Tribe, Lin Yi also considered this issue. He couldn’t keep postponing the Tribulation forever. Now that he reached the Refining Void Realm, he couldn’t wait until it was time for Body Fusion Tribulation to start Crossing the Tribulation that would rid him of the Otherworldly Aura.

Therefore, he thought of a way: other than going to the Cave Mansions of several Monster Ancestors to pluck ‘wool’ in his identity as a Golden Serpent of the Demon Tribe, he would assume his true form for cultivation within his own Cave Mansion.

Of course, he also devised some insights and methods to simulate Demon Energy, so even when cultivating in his true form within the Cave Mansion, he would emit an immense Demon Energy. With the help of the formations he set up and the senses of the Eye of Emptiness, he could certainly evade the Monster Ancestors’ probes.

As for the location of the Tribulation, Lin Yi planned to undergo it within the Demon Tribe. This would mean that he descended from the Immortal Realm with Otherworldly Aura within him. Crossing the Ascension Tribulation was expected.

In doing so, he could make the Demon Tribe even more convinced that he truly descended from the Immortal Realm.

By now, having spent seventy to eighty years among the Demon Tribe, he had appeared in his true form for thirty years and was about to undergo the Tribulation.

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In the thirty years Lin Yi spent cultivating in his Cave Mansion, he did not focus on cultivating, but instead devoted himself to understanding the three types of auras, completely simulating Demon Energy to a point where even if he revealed himself, no member of the Demon Tribe would suspect or detect anything amiss. Of course, if he were required to show his demon form, that would not be possible.

After all, the shape-shifting abilities described in Journey to the West were extensive and powerful, and within the Tai Xuan Dao Palace, he found no similar capabilities, only some basic shape-changing Spells.

At the same time, he discovered that by covering the Formation with the three auras, the shielding effect was extremely potent. It was so strong that not even a Tribulation Demon Patriarch nor an Ascender Demon Saint on the verge of ascending to the Immortal Realm could penetrate the shield to discern the aura inside, unless the Formation itself was broken.

Later, he also improved the Formation, ensuring that while the shielding effect was active, the Heavenly Tribulation could enter smoothly.

In this way, Lin Yi could ensure a foolproof Tribulation within the Cave Mansion. Then, at the moment of successfully Crossing Tribulation, he would transform into a Golden Serpent, disperse the tribulation clouds, and reveal a burst of the Serpent’s supremacy.

Some time passed, and Lin Yi looked for an appropriate moment. During the Monster ancestor of the Golden Peng Clan’s lecture, he found an excuse, “Senior Golden Peng, I have perceived something and wish to return to my Cave Mansion to cultivate. Let’s end today’s lesson here; thank you for your efforts.”

“Fellow Dragon, isn’t it more convenient to cultivate within the Demon Saint Palace’s Cave Mansion? There’s no need to go back to the Golden Peng Clan Region,” said the Monster ancestor of the Golden Peng Clan with some confusion.

“I have come upon some insight into the heavens, so I will take my leave now, senior,” Lin Yi said, bowing with his hands clasped before flying away on his sword.

The Monster ancestor of the Golden Peng Clan was puzzled, wondering what heavenly secret Lin Yi had perceived that made him so urgent.

However, a while later, a dark cloud suddenly appeared above the Golden Peng Clan Region, followed by flashes of lightning, gathering Thunder and Lighting.

Seeing this, the demons in the city turned pale. Could this be the work of a powerful Human race being? At this point, the Integration Stage demons and Void Refinement Demonic Beasts from the Golden Peng Clan all took to the skies to assess the situation.

The Five Clan Demon Ancestors also sensed the emergence of the dark cloud and instantly appeared near it. Looking at the thunder and lightning coalescing inside, a hint of bafflement crossed their faces. This did not seem like the doings of a powerful Human Cultivator.

For such Magical Powers, the effects would be swift, unlike what they were seeing now, with no sign of thunder striking for ages. If it were employed against an enemy, the enemy would have long fled.

Judging by the mysterious aura emanating from within, it seemed to be Heavenly Tribulation; however, there should be no Void Refinement or Fusion demons within their ranks due for Tribulation recently. Heavenly Tribulation occurred once every three thousand years, and they would usually make arrangements for it to occur outside the city, preventing damage to the urban interior.

As for demons at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, there were only the five of them. Moreover, the Heavenly Tribulation for ascending to the Immortal Realm was way more tremendous than the current one, and they had witnessed some of the senior demons Crossing Tribulation before—it was as if doomsday had arrived.

Suddenly, the Wolf Clan Monster Ancestor thought of a possibility and telepathically suggested to the other Four Clan Demon Ancestors, “Do you think it could be a demon from the Lower Realm who is Crossing Tribulation? Fellow Dragon Long Ao did bring four Ascenders from the Lower Realm.”

The Fox Tribe Demon Ancestor spoke indifferently, as if in possession of all the facts, “As far as I know, those Spiritual Pets have ascended for over a hundred years and have already passed the Tribulation of Ascension. That Bull Demon is not yet due for its next Tribulation within a hundred years.”

The Monster Ancestor from the Serpent Clan speculated, “Could it be one of the Human Cultivators who accidentally entered the Demon City during a spatial turbulence, sneaking into our city in secret?”

Suddenly, the thunder and lightning in the sky coalesced and struck down toward the Cave Mansion in the Serpent Region.

Upon seeing the location of the lightning strike, the Monster ancestor of the Golden Peng Clan’s expression changed, “The target of the lightning is Fellow Dragon Long Ao’s Cave Mansion. What kind of Tribulation is he Crossing?”

The Golden Serpent was not at the cultivation level to undergo Tribulation. Thus, what he was Crossing could not possibly be the Tribulation for ascending to the Immortal Realm. As for the Tribulation that happens once every three thousand years, that was a possibility.

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